Category Archives: VVC cocktail lounge
VVC Cocktail Lounge Field Trip: The Bye and Bye
This story takes place in the dark. I love The Bye and Bye. If you’ve been there, you love The Bye and Bye. If you haven’t been there, you want to. Last night happened to be gorgeous, unseasonably warm for October, so I hit the back patio with some friends. I present to you our […]
VVC Cocktail Lounge: The Hummus Plate
Even in a vegan-embracing city like Portland freaking Oregon, I’ve eaten my share of insignificant hummus plates for dinner. Sometimes it’s at a company dinner, sometimes it’s at a dive bar; there can be very little choice with the default (can you hold the feta, please?) vegan option. You want food? You’re eating hummus for […]
VVC Cocktail Lounge: It’s Not Just the Hooch
A great cocktail doesn’t necessarily have top-shelf liquors—you’re not going to put a $50 bottle of champagne into mimosas! If you look at most recipes, the alcohol is only half your drink. The other half is juice, soda, or sweetener, so why not make your mixers top-shelf? Juice: Unless you’re making a pitcher of margaritas, […]
VVC Cocktail Lounge Field Trip
Oh, hello! Happy Friday! I had a hard time motivating to write this post because I finally watched one Leslie Hall video and then COULDN’T STOP. Holy heck. Anyway, the ladies of VVC descended on a swanky cocktail lounge in the Pearl District last night for our weekly meeting. All in the name of research. […]
The VVC Cocktail Lounge: The Extra Dirty, Extra Dry Rosemary Martini
A few years ago, I was introduced to the piece of class in a glass that is the dirty vodka martini. I quickly learned just how I preferred them: extra dirty, extra dry. In my humble opinion, with even more olive brine, less vermouth and reaching-for-it vodka (aka top shelf – and never with gin […]
Tequila Sunrise
Another classic cocktail for y’all. And by “classic,” I mean from the ’70s—the original ’30s tequila sunrise was apparently quite a different animal. So get into ’70s mode: halter dresses and rhinestones for the ladies, turtlenecks and sportcoats for the gents, and no disease that can’t be cured with a little penicillin. Whatcha need? ½ […]
